Radio 4 Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 07 JULY 2012 Conservation Society about the reasons why they felt it was And with the help of the said Lynam, as well as former BBC 1 important that eels should be classed as critically endangered controllers Sir Paul Fox and Alan Hart, former and current SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b01kblsb) and placed on the Red List. And Helen meets Andrew Kerr of Heads of Sport Jonathan Martin and Barbara Slater, Paul The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. the Sustainable Eel Group which is working to devise a Jackson not only traces the development of Grandstand but also Followed by Weather. recovery plan to protect and preserve the eel. assesses it's legacy and asks whether the BBC is in danger of taking its eye off the sporting ball. Presenter: Helen Mark SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b01kbltc) Producer: Helen Chetwynd. Producers: Oliver Julian & Paul Kobrak. The Old Ways Episode 5 SAT 06:30 Farming Today (b01kjgnq) SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (b01kjgnz) Farming Today This Week George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes "Humans are like animals and like all animals we leave tracks as at Westminster. we walk. Pilgrim paths, green roads, drove roads, corpse roads, Charlotte Smith asks if landowners are cashing in on Britain's David Cameron made his views on Europe plain this week but trods, leys, dykes, drongs, sarns, snickets, holloways, bostles, forests and woodlands. was accused of pandering to Eurosceptic backbenchers, like shutes, driftways, lichways, ridings, halterpaths, cartways, Whilst 18% of England's forests are publicly owned, they make Andrea Leadsom a leading light in the Conservative Fresh Start carneys, causeways, herepaths." up 60% of total timber production. And as only half of privately group who want to re-negotiate parts of the EU treaty. She talks owned woodlands are managed, could landowners be missing to Hannes Swoboda leader of the Socialist group in the Author Robert Macfarlane follows some ancient routes in the out on a multimillion pound investment? European parliament opposed to the idea. UK and overseas. As well as having adventures on the way - as Charlotte meets one farmer in Staffordshire who's bucked the Liberal Democrat MP David Laws an ex banker, and Lord you do on foot - he ponders the creation of old paths, the people trend by leaving dairy farming for a career in managing Levene a former Mayor of the City of London, consider the who trod them, and how they resonate in today's landscapes. woodlands. implications of the Barclays Libor scandal. And what parliamentary tactics will be used by opponents of the After various journeys, it's back to the chalk paths for Robert Following the recommendations by the Independent Panel of House of Lords Reform Bill? Bernard Jenkin a former Macfarlane and a ghostly encounter is in store.. Forestry and huge public outcry, the government has confirmed Maastricht rebel, Lord Foulkes, and champion filibusterer its u-turn on the decision to sell off public owned forests. But Andrew Dismore give examples. Reader Dan Stevens. how difficult is it to manage public access, using woodlands for leisure and commercial activities? And is the government The Editor is Marie Jessel. planning to invest and offer more financial support to potential SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b01kblsd) foresters? The latest shipping forecast. SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b01kjgp3) Farming Today speak to Caroline Spelman, Environment Natasha Breed on how the population of Kenya's expanding Secretary and Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Reverend James fast, urban areas are eating up the countryside. And it's proving SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes Jones on their recommendations for the future of forestry. disastrous and sometimes fatal for the country's wildlife. (b01kblsg) BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Clare Freeman in A weird fungus which grows out of the heads of caterpillars is resumes at 5.20am. Birmingham. being harvested in parts of the Himalayas. Craig Jeffrey, who's been investigating, says it's proving a valuable cash crop for some of the mountain villagers. SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b01kblsj) SAT 06:57 Weather (b01kblss) The latest shipping forecast. The latest weather forecast. Latvia has the fastest-growing economy in Europe. Damien McGuinness has been to the capital Riga to see how they've made austerity cool. SAT 05:30 News Briefing (b01kblsl) SAT 07:00 Today (b01kjgns) The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 0735 The Nigerian president's been speaking of the importance of Torrential rain has been causing disruption as a month's rain fell family planning. The BBC's Jane Dreaper's been to a part of his in parts of the UK within one day yesterday. The number of country where having seven children is far from unusual. SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b01kbm3p) flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - reached more With the Rev. Peter Baker. than 60 in England, and 145 flood alerts were in place across And Anna Horsbrugh Porter is one of the BBC World Service the UK last night. Pete Fox from the Environment Agency staff who're leaving their headquarters in London, Bush House surveys the extent of the flooding. in the Strand. She's been talking to colleagues about a much- SAT 05:45 iPM (b01kbm3r) loved broadcasting institution. 'The idea of fighting the class war seems remote'. One listener, 0753 a Welfare Rights Adviser and self-described 'poor person's The government is expected to outline plans to cap the cost of accountant' explains why he thinks the benefits debate is all social care in England. Simon Gillespie, chairman of the Care SAT 12:00 Money Box (b01kjgp5) wrong, and why he supports Jimmy Carr's tax arrangements. and Support Alliance, comments on the news. On Money Box with Paul Lewis: Stephanie Flanders, the BBC's Economics Editor, takes a break from explaining quantitative easing to read our bulletin of 0810 If you are thinking of buying an annuity do not expect very listeners' news. Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey The response to the false terror alert on a bus on the M6 has much. Even if you have £100,000 the current top rate for a [email protected]. been seen as an over-reaction on the part of police and security fixed annuity at 65 is barely £6000 for a man and £5750 pounds services. Was it a heavy handed response from police getting for a woman - and that will not rise with inflation. To index link too twitchy in the run up to the Olympics? Or given that there your retirement income you can take 40 per cent off. Annuity SAT 06:00 News and Papers (b01kblsn) were other arrests this week when weapons were found in a car rates have fallen by more than a quarter in four years. Is The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. - was it entirely proportional? Dr Tim Brain is a former chief Quantitative Easing - aka printing money - to blame? If so constable of Gloucestershire. Jodie Blackstock is from the civil magicking another 50 billion quid out of thin air can only make rights group Justice. things worse. Dean Mirfin of Key Retirement Solutions speaks SAT 06:04 Weather (b01kblsq) to the programme. The latest weather forecast. SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (b01kjgnv) Your car springs a fuel leak on the motorway. The emergency Sian Williams & Richard Coles with commentator and classicist services clean it up. A Highways Agency 4x4 arrives and SAT 06:07 Open Country (b01kblcs) Mary Beard; Namira Salim who's set to be one of the world's sprinkles some absorbent powder on the wet patch. Then sends Eels first space tourists; Phillippa Yaa De Villiers who was born you a bill for more than three hundred pounds which your mixed-race but brought up as white in apartheid South Africa; insurer will not pay. Find out why those helpful Highways Helen Mark is in Gloucestershire to find out more about one of listener Owen Ephraim who worked with Alan Turing at Agency traffic officers, who are in fact contractors hired by the our most fascinating creatures, the eel, and hear why efforts are Bletchley Park; John McCarthy goes biking with travel writer Agency, may charge you for their time - there and back. Paul being made to save this endangered species. Ted Simon; JP Devlin meets cave collector Jim Gardner; Watters from the AA joins the programme and explains his When eels arrive in the UK as tiny babies, called elvers, they do listener Sally Townsend explains why a red fox fur coat is the concerns. so at the end of an exhausting 4,000-mile marathon swim from thing about her; and actress and singer Olivia Newton John the Sargasso Sea where they have spawned. For generations, shares her Inheritance Tracks. Timeshares - they may have seemed like a great idea 10 or 20 their arrival was greeted with much anticipation by fishermen years ago but turn the clock forward and many elderly owners on the Rivers Severn and Wye where they were caught at night Producer: Dixi Stewart. are finding themselves stuck paying hundreds, even thousands and often used in dishes and delicacies. in maintenance payments for properties they don't want and But the eel is in trouble and has been placed on the Red List of can't get rid of.